Juvenile snail kite, Pouso Alegre, Pantanal, Brazil
Adults have red feet and eyes. Snail kites are specialised feeders. They use their distinctively hooked bills to winkle out the flesh of shelled animals, mainly aquatic apple snails (Ampullariidae), but also small terrapins. They will take crayfish too and occasionally rodents. Snail kites breed from Florida to Argentina.
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Juvenile snail kite, Pouso Alegre, Pantanal, Brazil
Adults have red feet and eyes. Snail kites are specialised feeders. They use their distinctively hooked bills to winkle out the flesh of shelled animals, mainly aquatic apple snails (Ampullariidae), but also small terrapins. They will take crayfish too and occasionally rodents. Snail kites breed from Florida to Argentina.
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Uploaded on December 17, 2022
Taken on August 15, 2015